Max Euwe
5th World Chess Champion · Classical era · Netherlands · 1901–1981
A mathematics teacher who beat Alekhine for the world title in 1935.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
430Wins
399Draws
169Losses
63%Score
1920–1980Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Alekhine | 79 | 18 | 34 | 26 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | view games |
| Geza Maroczy | 19 | 3 | 12 | 4 | view games |
| Jose Raul Capablanca | 18 | 1 | 13 | 4 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | view games |
| Rudolf Spielmann | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | view games |
| Richard Reti | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | view games |
| Akiba Rubinstein | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | view games |
| Aron Nimzowitsch | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Emanuel Lasker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | view games |
| Mir Sultan Khan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Frank Marshall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 2 of 5
- 1950 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Amsterdam D53 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Louis F Stumpers White NLD-ch A30 1-0
- 1950 vs Eugenio Szabados Black Amsterdam E18 0-1
- 1950 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Amsterdam B44 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Petar Trifunovic Black Amsterdam D69 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Dubrovnik olm C83 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Carel Benjamin Van den Berg White Amsterdam E33 1-0
- 1950 vs Carel Benjamin Van den Berg Black NLD-ch C48 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga White Amsterdam E33 1-0
- 1950 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga White NLD-ch E68 1-0
- 1949 vs Olaf Barda Black Hastings4950 D11 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Larry Melvyn Evans White Hastings4950 E23 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Jan Foltys Black CSR-NED E39 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Jan Foltys White CSR-NED D30 1-0
- 1949 vs John A Fuller White Hastings4950 E68 1-0
- 1949 vs Dennis Morton Horne Black Hastings4950 C86 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Imre Koenig Black Hastings4950 E56 0-1
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc Black Bled m D40 1-0
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc White Bled m D30 1-0
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc White Bled m B70 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc White Bled m E39 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc White Bled m E23 1-0
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc Black Bled m D12 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc Black Bled m D12 1-0
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc Black Bled m D12 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc White Bled m B56 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Vasja Pirc Black Bled m D51 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Nicolas Rossolimo White Hastings4950 E37 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Laszlo Szabo White HUN-NLD D43 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Laszlo Szabo Black HUN-NLD E28 1-0
- 1949 vs Laszlo Szabo White Hastings4950 E22 0-1
- 1949 vs W. Winser Black Hastings4950 E51 0-1
- 1949 vs Baruch Harold Wood Black Hastings4950 E39 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Gedeon Barcza White Venice D71 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White New York D43 1-0
- 1948 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 18th D46 1-0
- 1948 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 18th C08 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 18th D35 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 18th D49 1-0
- 1948 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 18th C08 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Esteban Canal Black Venice C49 1-0
- 1948 vs Vincenzo Castaldi White Venice C12 0-1
- 1948 vs Arnold S Denker White New York D54 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Reuben Fine Black New York E01 1-0
- 1948 vs Gino Fletzer Black Venice C99 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Alberto Giustolisi White Venice E33 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Henry Grob Black Venice B23 0-1
- 1948 vs Israel Albert Horowitz Black New York D45 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Isaac Kashdan White New York E35 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Paul Keres Black World Championship 18th C81 1-0
- 1948 vs Paul Keres White World Championship 18th E32 0-1
- 1948 vs Paul Keres Black World Championship 18th C86 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Paul Keres White World Championship 18th C75 0-1
- 1948 vs Paul Keres White World Championship 18th C74 0-1
- 1948 vs George Mortimer Kramer White New York D28 1-0
- 1948 vs Josef Lokvenc Black Venice C81 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Mario Monticelli Black Venice B11 0-1
- 1948 vs Miguel Najdorf White Venice D72 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Miguel Najdorf Black New York D06 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Karel Opocensky White Venice A91 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Herman Pilnik Black New York B28 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Giuseppe Primavera White Venice D71 1-0
- 1948 vs Samuel Reshevsky White World Championship 18th C75 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black World Championship 18th A13 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black World Championship 18th D46 1-0
- 1948 vs Samuel Reshevsky White World Championship 18th E33 0-1
- 1948 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black World Championship 18th D40 1-0
- 1948 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 18th C81 1-0
- 1948 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 18th D99 1-0
- 1948 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 18th C90 1-0
- 1948 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 18th C98 0-1
- 1948 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 18th D99 0-1
- 1948 vs Herman Steiner Black New York D44 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Eugenio Szabados Black Venice D50 0-1
- 1948 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Venice C53 0-1
- 1948 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga Black NLD-ch m E51 0-1
- 1948 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga White NLD-ch m E68 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga Black NLD-ch m D62 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga Black NLD-ch m D41 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga White NLD-ch m D31 1-0
- 1948 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga White NLD-ch m C01 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga White NLD-ch m E69 1-0
- 1947 vs Julio Bolbochan White Mar del Plata E11 0-1
- 1947 vs Jacobo Bolbochan Black Mar del Plata E86 0-1
- 1947 vs Walter Oswaldo Cruz White Mar del Plata C67 1-0
- 1947 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Black Buenos Aires/La Plata A12 1-0
- 1947 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Buenos Aires/La Plata C10 1-0
- 1947 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Mar del Plata C82 1-0
- 1947 vs Henry Grob White Zuerich m D63 1-0
- 1947 vs Henry Grob White Zuerich m A55 1-0
- 1947 vs Henry Grob Black Zuerich m A03 0-1
- 1947 vs Henry Grob Black Zuerich m C50 0-1
- 1947 vs Henry Grob White Zuerich m C73 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Henry Grob Black Zuerich m D18 0-1
- 1947 vs Carlos E Guimard Black Mar del Plata D52 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Carlos Hounie Fleurquin Black Mar del Plata C49 1-0
- 1947 vs Juan Traian Iliesco Black Mar del Plata D02 0-1
- 1947 vs Marcos Luckis White Mar del Plata E47 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Carlos Maderna Black Mar del Plata D39 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Luis Marini White Mar del Plata B22 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Paul Michel Black Mar del Plata C80 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Buenos Aires/La Plata D42 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Miguel Najdorf White Buenos Aires/La Plata B85 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Miguel Najdorf White Mar del Plata E37 1-0
- 1947 vs Herman Pilnik White Buenos Aires/La Plata C85 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Herman Pilnik Black Mar del Plata C47 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Herman Pilnik Black Buenos Aires/La Plata C82 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Tulio Pizzi Possi Black Mar del Plata D75 0-1
- 1947 vs Hector Rossetto Black Buenos Aires/La Plata C53 1-0
- 1947 vs Hector Rossetto White Mar del Plata D66 0-1
- 1947 vs Hector Rossetto White Buenos Aires/La Plata C64 1-0
- 1947 vs Renato Sanguinetti White Mar del Plata D63 1-0
- 1947 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Mar del Plata E00 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Buenos Aires/La Plata D12 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Buenos Aires/La Plata B84 0-1
- 1946 vs Gerald Abrahams White London-B A50 1-0
- 1946 vs Conel Hughes Alexander Black Maastricht C51 0-1
- 1946 vs Ossip Bernstein Black Groningen B56 0-1
- 1946 vs Isaak Boleslavsky Black Groningen C83 0-1
- 1946 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Groningen D27 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Martin Christoffel White Zaanstreek E94 1-0
- 1946 vs Martin Christoffel White Groningen D13 1-0
- 1946 vs Martin Christoffel Black London-B D12 0-1
- 1946 vs Arnold S Denker White Groningen E49 1-0
- 1946 vs Arnold S Denker White London-B B73 1-0
- 1946 vs Paul Devos Black London-B A12 1-0
- 1946 vs Paul Devos White Maastricht B85 1-0
- 1946 vs Charles Doerner White Maastricht D52 1-0
- 1946 vs Folke Ekstrom White Zaanstreek E38 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Salo Flohr Black Groningen D14 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Carlos E Guimard Black Groningen A50 0-1
- 1946 vs Imre Koenig White London-B E32 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Alexander Kotov Black Groningen D35 1-0
- 1946 vs Cenek Kottnauer Black Groningen A28 0-1
- 1946 vs Haije Kramer White Zaanstreek C02 1-0
- 1946 vs Paul List Black Zaanstreek D04 0-1
- 1946 vs Erik Lundin White Groningen D30 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Francesco Lupi White London-B D72 1-0
- 1946 vs Antonio Angel Medina Garcia White London-B D54 1-0
- 1946 vs Willem Jan Muhring White Zaanstreek C78 1-0
- 1946 vs Miguel Najdorf White Groningen E33 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs RH. Newman White London-B D69 1-0
- 1946 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway White Groningen E44 1-0
- 1946 vs Lodewijk Prins Black Maastricht A07 1-0
- 1946 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Groningen C77 1-0
- 1946 vs Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff Black Maastricht E94 0-1
- 1946 vs Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff Black Zaanstreek D23 0-1
- 1946 vs Herman Steiner White Groningen E49 1-0
- 1946 vs Goesta Stoltz White Zaanstreek D33 1-0
- 1946 vs Goesta Stoltz White Groningen B70 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Groningen D28 0-1
- 1946 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Zaanstreek D17 1-0
- 1946 vs Savielly Tartakower White Groningen D54 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs George Alan Thomas Black London-B B24 0-1
- 1946 vs Georg Thomas White Zaanstreek D54 1-0
- 1946 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga Black Maastricht C53 0-1
- 1946 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White Groningen C85 1-0
- 1946 vs A. Vinken White Maastricht E23 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Chris Vlagsma White Maastricht C82 1-0
- 1946 vs William Winter Black London-B D28 0-1
- 1946 vs Wim Wolthuis Black Maastricht E94 0-1
- 1946 vs Baruch Harold Wood Black Zaanstreek D19 0-1
- 1946 vs Gabriel Wood Black London-B D23 0-1
- 1946 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky White Groningen E40 1-0
- 1946 vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky Black Zaanstreek C82 0-1
- 1945 vs James Aitken Black Hastings4546 C82 0-1
- 1945 vs Martin Christoffel Black Hastings4546 C29 0-1
- 1945 vs Arnold S Denker Black Hastings4546 D13 1/2-1/2
- 1945 vs Paul Devos White Hastings4546 D28 1-0
- 1945 vs Folke Ekstrom Black Hastings4546 C47 1-0
- 1945 vs Jacques Mieses White Hastings4546 E60 1/2-1/2
- 1945 vs Lodewijk Prins White Hastings4546 A16 1/2-1/2
- 1945 vs Edward G Sergeant White Hastings4546 D66 1-0
- 1945 vs Herman Steiner White Hastings4546 D69 1/2-1/2
- 1945 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Hastings4546 D03 0-1
- 1945 vs George Alan Thomas White Hastings4546 D53 0-1
- 1942 vs Arnoldus Van den Hoek White NLD-ch m C98 1-0
- 1942 vs Arnoldus Van den Hoek White NLD-ch m B16 1/2-1/2
- 1942 vs Arnoldus Van den Hoek Black NLD-ch m A22 0-1
- 1942 vs Arnoldus Van den Hoek Black NLD-ch m B44 1/2-1/2
- 1942 vs Arnoldus Van den Hoek Black NLD-ch m C82 0-1
- 1942 vs Arnoldus Van den Hoek White NLD-ch m B14 1-0
- 1942 vs Arnoldus Van den Hoek White NLD-ch m C86 1-0
- 1942 vs Arnoldus Van den Hoek Black NLD-ch m A11 0-1
- 1942 vs Arnoldus Van den Hoek Black NLD-ch m A28 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Karlsbad m C58 1-0
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Karlsbad m B11 0-1
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Karlsbad m D51 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Karlsbad m C54 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Karlsbad m D12 0-1
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Karlsbad m D36 1-0
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Karlsbad m B00 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Karlsbad m C82 0-1
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Karlsbad m C87 0-1
- 1941 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Karlsbad m C85 1-0
- 1941 vs Nicolaas Cortlever Black Beverwijk B53 1-0
- 1941 vs Haije Kramer White NLD m E33 1-0
- 1941 vs Haije Kramer White NLD m E02 1-0
- 1941 vs Haije Kramer Black NLD m B13 0-1
- 1941 vs Haije Kramer White NLD m C98 1-0
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